South America made it a 1, 2 finish at the BVI Squash Open with Argentina's Gonzolo Miranda (left) beating Brazil's Manoel Periera in straight sets. Photo: Supplied

Rory Thornton crashed out in the 1st Round to Thomas Binkman of Canada who was ranked #4 in the tournament. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

Mike Adamson was knocked out by Robert Downer in straight sets in a match lasting 41 minutes. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

Joe Chapman kept Tom Pashley on court over an hour, but lost to the eventual semi finalist 3-1. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

Neville Sorrentino found Periera too hot to handle and fell to a straight sets 1st round defeat; 11-2, 11-6, 11-4. Photo: Charlie E. Jackson/VINO

The conclusion of the second BVI Open Squash Championship, a PSA Challenger 5 event, also saw an all South American final with the top seed Miranda dethroning defending champion Christopher Binnie, the third seed from Jamaica, in the semi-finals.

Unseeded Brazilian Manoel Pereira, ranked outside the world top 200, made his breakthrough in the quarter-finals where he defeated fourth-seeded Canadian Thomas Brinkman. A semi-final win over Englishman Tom Pashley took the 28-year-old from Sao Paulo into the first Tour final of his career.

Pashley had also taken care of Joe Chapman in the first round to shock the partisan crowd that was hoping he would progress further than last year when he also fell at the first hurdle.

But Miranda, the 23-year-old world No84 from La Plata, was on top throughout the final - despatching Pereira 11-2, 11-2, 11-4 in 37 minutes to take the trophy.

All of the BVI’s interest in local players ceased during the first round with, apart from Chapman going out, qualifiers Dion Anselm, Rory Thornton, Mike Adamson, Neville Sorrentino and Stefan Joseph all crashed out.

Final:
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Manoel Pereira (BRA) 11-2, 11-2, 11-4 (37m)

Semi-finals:
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt [3] Christopher Binnie (JAM) 11-6, 11-4, 11-5 (41m)
Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt Tom Pashley (ENG) 11-9, 8-11, 11-3, 12-10 (61m)

Quarter-finals:
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bt Yuta Fukui (JPN) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2 (40m)
[3] Christopher Binnie (JAM) bt Jonathan Maloney (ENG) 11-4, 11-6, 11-7 (39m)
Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt [4] Thomas Brinkman (CAN) 11-7, 11-3, 11-6 (36m)
Tom Pashley (ENG) bt Robert Downer (ENG) 10-12, 11-7, 11-7, 11-2 (49m)

1st round:
[1] Gonzalo Miranda (ARG) bye
Yuta Fukui (JPN) bt Colin Ramasra (TRI) 11-6, 11-7, 11-2 (37m)
Jonathan Maloney (ENG) bt [Q] Dion Anselm (IVB) 11-3, 11-7, 11-1 (29m)
[3] Christopher Binnie (JAM) bt [Q] Stefan Joseph (IVB) 11-3, 11-3, 11-3 (21m)
[4] Thomas Brinkman (CAN) bt [WC] Rory Thornton (ENG) 11-3, 11-3, 11-3 (22m)
Manoel Pereira (BRA) bt [Q] Neville Sorrentino (IVB) 11-2, 11-6, 11-4 (33m)
Robert Downer (ENG) bt [Q] Michael Adamson (IVB) 11-8, 11-4, 12-10 (41m)
Tom Pashley (ENG) bt [2] Joe Chapman (IVB) 11-4, 8-11, 6-11, 11-7, 11-5 (66m)

Qualifying finals:
Dion Anselm (IVB) bt Lee Osborne (IVB) 11-6, 10-12, 11-6, 11-3 (45m)
Michael Adamson (IVB) bt Percy Rhoden (IVB) 11-8, 11-7, 9-11, 11-8 (36m)
Stefan Joseph (IVB) bt Tom Chapman (IVB) 11-6, 11-7, 11-7 (31m)
Neville Sorrentino (IVB) bt Alex Davidson (IVB) 9-11, 11-9, 11-9, 11-6 (40m)

1st qualifying round:
Dion Anselm (IVB) bt Tony Campbell (IVB) 11-6, 9-11, 11-7, 11-2 (48m)
Lee Osborne (IVB) bt Ross Munro (IVB) 11-5, 11-3, 11-5 (32m)
Percy Rhoden (IVB) bt Bryden Keeley (IVB) 11-7, 11-8, 11-6 (29m)
Michael Adamson (IVB) bt Richard Starkey (IVB) 11-6, 11-7, 11-6 (32m)
Stefan Joseph (IVB) bt Patrick Mulrenan (IVB) 11-3, 11-1, 11-3 (21m)
Tom Chapman (IVB) bt Robert Christie (IVB) 16-18, 11-8, 11-9, 11-6 (57m)
Alex Davidson (IVB) bt Boyd McCleary (IVB) 11-5, 11-5, 11-7 (34m)
Neville Sorrentino (IVB) bt Winston Findlay (IVB) 11-6, 11-5, 11-7 (31m)